Category: Art
-
Holy Thief, Fake Art: FBI Returns Stolen 17th Century Reliquary to Italy as Father-Daughter Duo Pleads Guilty to $2 Million Warhol-Picasso Forgery Ring
FBI Recovers 17th Century Reliquary Urn Stolen From Italian Church, Returns Sacred Artifact to Italy BOSTON — Federal investigators have recovered a lavishly carved 17th century reliquary urn that was stolen from a small Italian church more than a decade ago, the FBI announced, marking the latest victory in an ongoing effort to track down stolen…
-
Still in Sound Transforms the Clyfford Still Museum : Migration Patterns by Brandon Ruffin
Listen Closely—The Paintings Are Finally Speaking: A Museum’s Bold Experiment Lets Sound Rewrite What Abstract Art Can Feel Like A quieter, more sensory approach to exhibition design takes shape this spring as the Clyfford Still Museum introduces Still in Sound, a multisensory presentation opening May 16. The project reconsiders how abstract art can be experienced,…
-
Inside the Revolution: 80 Women Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of Abstraction
A landmark exhibition makes its way to Washington, D.C., proving that women didn’t just participate in abstract art—they transformed it. WASHINGTON—For decades, the story of abstract art has been told through a narrow lens. You know the names: Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning. The narrative, long dominated by men, painted abstraction as a masculine pursuit of…
-
Philly Art Museum Celebrates 150th with ‘Pay What You Wish’ Nights and Landmark American Art Exhibit
Philadelphia Museum of Art Brings Back ‘Pay What You Wish’ Friday Nights for 150th Anniversary PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Museum of Art will revive its popular “Pay What You Wish” Friday Nights starting April 10, offering free or reduced-cost admission through Labor Day weekend as part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the museum announced Feb.…
-
Crime Update: Covington Township Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal, Man Convicted In A Plot To Distribute Fake Warhol Artworks, Artwork Returned to Iraq & 22 Historic Artifacts returned to the people of Okinawa
A Covington Township Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal Major Artworks and Sports Memorabilia: Eight Others Implicated in the same Conspiracy According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment and particulars accuse the nine individuals of conspiring over two decades to break into museums and institutions to steal priceless works of art,…
-
Art Crimes: “Ruby Slippers” from the beloved 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz”, Museums Called to Return Native Remains & Objects
Terry Jon Martin, age 76, has been given a sentence for stealing the iconic “Ruby Slippers” from the beloved 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” The stolen item in question is none other than a pair of authentic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland herself in the iconic 1939 film, “The Wizard of Oz.” These…